Hame-fastener



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'JOHN BEELER, OF ROOKPORT, INDIANA.

HAM E-FASTENERE SPECIICATON formng part of Letters Patent No. 434,553, dated August 19, 1890.

Application filed April-1, 1890. Serial No. 346,544. (No model.)

` .T all whom it may con'cern:

Be it known -that I, JOHN BEELER, a citizen of the United States, .residing at Rockport, in the county of Spencer and State of Indiana, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Hame Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is toprovide a simple, strong, and durable hame-fastener, and which firmly secures the hames to the collar When in use, but may be readily unlocked to permit the removal of the hames.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved hame-fastener, showing it applied. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same.

The collar A and the hames B may be of any usual construction. At their upperends the hames are secured together and firmly bound to the collar by means of a strap O, which extends through loops c at each side of the hames.

The hame-fastener D is formed with laterally-proj ectin g hooked arms d, a down wardlyprojecting hooked arm d', and a central loop d2. A strap E extends through the loop d2 and secures it to the collar A. The `hook d' is provided With a spring-tongue ds, making it a snap-book. The hooks d engage With rings f, which are secured flexibly to the lower ends of the hames B; The connection between the rings and the hames is shown as formed by loops F, formed by the metallic casing of the hames and through which the rings extend. The front or backing Strap may be readily connected in any suitable way vto the snap-book d' and may be readily disconnected therefrom.

The hames may be removed from the collar by loosening the strap O at the top and unhooking the rings from the hooks d', leaving the hame-fastener proper secnred to the collar; but this may be taken off, if desired, by .renioving the strap E.

So far as part of myinvention is concerned, other means than the strap E may be used for securing the hame-fastener to the collar.

I claim as my invention- The combination, substantially as hereinbefore .set forth, of the hames, the hamefastener provided With laterally-projecting hooked arms, a downwardly-proj ecting hook and a loop dz, rings connecting the laterallyprojecting arms with the hames, and a Strap extending through the loop d2 for connecting the hame-fastener to a collar In testimony whereof I have hereunt-o subscribed my name.

JOHN BEELER 'vVitnessesz W. A. HUNT, O. S. JoNEs. 

